2008 Independent Games Festival Finalists Announced

The 10th Annual Independent Games Festival is coming soon, and the finalists for main the competitions have been announced.

They are as follows:

Seumas McNally Grand Prize:

• Audiosurf
• Crayon Physics Deluxe
• Hammerfall
• Noitu Love 2: Devolution
• World of Goo

Best Web Browser Game:

• Globulos.com
• Iron Dukes
• Tri-Achnid

Design Innovation Award:

• Battleships Forever
• Fez
• Fret Nice
• Snapshot Adventures: Secret Of Bird Island
• World Of Goo

Excellence in Visual Art:

• Clean Asia!
• Fez
• Hammerfall
• Synaesthete
• The Path

Excellence in Audio:

• Cinnamon Beats
• Fret Nice
• Audiosurf
• Clean Asia!
• OokiBloks

Technical Excellence:

• World of Goo
• Goo!
• Audiosurf
• Axiom: Overdrive
• Gumboy Tournament

Also, take a look at the lists for the Student Competition, and the full list of entrants.

They all look pretty awesome. My computer has very limited processing power (among other things), unfortunately, but I'm going to try and play as many as I can. You should to. Then come back and let us know your opinion about them.

2008 IGF Submissions Open

Submissions for the 10th annual Independent Games Festival are now open. From the official site.

The IGF is pleased to announce that we're opening up submissions for the historic 10th Annual Independent Games Festival, for which the awards will be handed out in February 2008 at Game Developers Conference.

The 2008 IGF Main Competition will again be open to all independent developers to submit their games - whether it be on PC, console digital download, Web browser, or other more exotic formats. The prizes again total nearly $50,000, with a $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize, and the deadline to enter the Main Competition is Monday, October 1st 2007.

The 2008 IGF Student Competition will once again award the best student games, and this year will also include student 'mods' to existing games. As a result, the number of Student Showcase winners has been increased to 12. The deadline to enter the Student Competition is Monday, October 15th, 2007.

All-around good news. I guess theres no such thing as too early, huh?

Source:
Kotaku